§ 174. — Coequal obligations of employees, their representatives, and management to minimize labor disputes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC174]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 7--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER III--CONCILIATION OF LABOR DISPUTES; NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
Sec. 174. Co-equal obligations of employees, their
representatives, and management to minimize labor disputes
(a) \1\ In order to prevent or minimize interruptions of the free
flow of commerce growing out of labor disputes, employers and employees
and their representatives, in any industry affecting commerce, shall--
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\1\ So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.
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(1) exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain
agreements concerning rates of pay, hours, and working conditions,
including provision for adequate notice of any proposed change in
the terms of such agreements;
(2) whenever a dispute arises over the terms or application of a
collective-bargaining agreement and a conference is requested by a
party or prospective party thereto, arrange promptly for such a
conference to be held and endeavor in such conference to settle such
dispute expeditiously; and
(3) in case such dispute is not settled by conference,
participate fully and promptly in such meetings as may be undertaken
by the Service under this chapter for the purpose of aiding in a
settlement of the dispute.
(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title II, Sec. 204, 61 Stat. 154.)
